A rest stop and honesty shop on Baton Valley Road in Tapawera, Tasman, on a remote stretch of the Great Taste Trail, 500 metres from the Baton Cycle Bridge and the furthest point from the start of the trail. The shop is 18 km from Tapawera and 13.5 km from the Woodstock and Baton bridge. It is open seven days a week all year round.
The shop runs on trust. Visitors help themselves and pay cash in the box or by EFTPOS. It sells ice creams, cold drinks, muesli bars and sweets, local honey, and local poetry and history books. Visitors can use the wifi, fill water bottles, charge e-bikes and make a cup of tea or coffee. Information boards on the history of the Baton Valley are sponsored by local businesses. Morning teas and packed lunches for groups can be arranged in advance.
The same property offers Shepherd's Rest cabin accommodation, and guests can bring their own horse. The host is Richard Lublow, a farmer on a 1011-hectare property and a bush poet, who can give a shearing demonstration and perform a private poetry reading on request.